The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from an object during the initial climb after takeoff.
— NTSB Determination
The air taxi pilot was departing a small village airport in rural Alaska when the left wing collided with a tree. According to the company's director of operations, the pilot originally reported the accident as in-flight collision with a bird, but it was learned later that it was a tree. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing.
The air taxi pilot was departing a small village airport in rural Alaska when the left wing collided with a tree. According to the company's director of operations, the pilot originally reported the accident as in-flight collision with a bird, but it was learned later that it was a tree. The airplane sustained…
The accident on 2001-07-25 involved a Cessna 207, registration N9973M, at Kalskag, AK.
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from an object during the initial climb after takeoff.
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